Improved scrttbbino-brush and mop-wringer



a dinard States stent @Wire EDWIN BEES,` 0F STODDARTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELFAN D LEWIS STULL?, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 102,865, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVED SCR'BBING-BR'USH ANDv MOP-WRING-ER.

'The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Tolall whom `it may concern l fBe it known that I, EDWIN BEES, of Stoddartsville,

`in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented anew and useful Improvement in Combined Scrubbing-Brush, Mop, and Wringer; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in theartto make and use the same, referfvance being had 4to the accompanying drawing forming part vof this specification. i

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved device. Figure 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. n

My' invention Vhas for its object to furnish a combined scrubbing-brush, mop,`and wringer, which shall y be so constructed that the windows, the floors, and

ther wood-work of the 'house may be scrubbed, andv wiped or x'nopped,and"the mop wrung out, without its .being necessary for the operator to stoop or wet her hands; and

It consistsfin' the combined scrubbing-brush, mop,

`and wringer, constructed and arrangedv as hereinafter or handle, O, for convenience 4in bearing down upon or raising the instrument; y t

Tot-he back of thebrush A, 'near its ends, are ate taehed two short uprights, D',the upper ends of which arev connected by a horizontal rod, E. 1f desired, the rod E anduiprights D maybe made in one piece and 4bent twice at right angle-s to form the uprights Upon the rod E is placed a sponge, F, preferably of cylindrical form.

Upon the rod E, at each end of the sponge or mop F, is placed a disk, G, so that the water may be squeezed out of the said sponge F by pressing the said disks G toward each other.

H are two levers, upon the lower ends o f which are formed eyes or hooks, which are placed upon the rod E at the outer sides ofthe disks G.

The levers. H cross each other, and are pivoted at their point of intersection to the middle part of the handle B, and their free ends or handles extend up l nearly to the end of the handle B.

By this construction, by pressing the -free ends of the levers H toward each other, the sponge F will be compressed and the water squeezed out.

By this construetiomthe iioor or other surface may be scrubbed with the brush A, wiped or washedw-ith Witnesses:

Y PETER SHAW, J. H. TEnTs.

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